IDF says troops killed Hezbollah operatives responsible for deaths of 4 soldiers

By Emanuel Fabian

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6 April 2026, 10:36 am

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

L-R: Cpt. Noam Madmoni, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, Staff Sgt. Gilad Harel, who were killed in Lebanon on March 30, 2026. (Courtesy)

The IDF says three Hezbollah operatives responsible for the deaths of four soldiers in southern Lebanon last week were killed by troops.

On March 30, Cpt. Noam Madmoni, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, and Staff Sgt. Gilad Harel — all of the Nahal Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit — were killed during a clash with Hezbollah gunmen in the village of Beit Lif.

The military says that in recent days, troops of the Nahal Reconnaissance Unit exchanged fire with and killed three Hezbollah gunmen “in close-quarters combat, and afterward, through precise intelligence, it was verified that these were the same terrorists responsible for the soldiers’ deaths.”